Your "Annoyed Sign." ''What," finkh an exchange, "is yotir 'annoyed sign'?" Mont people have, it eeeniH, some characteristic gesture to express that the limit of toleration is approaching. The Prince of Wales when annoyed winks his loft eyo rapidly, the Emperor of Austria puffs out his cheeks, the Czar lays his hand flat on the top of his head, Mr. Glad stone turns swiftly on his heels, as if executing a volte face, and tho Sultan of Turkey grasps his throat tightly with his hand.—New York Times. Tho General Theological Seminary of tho Protestant Episcopal Church has como into possession of tho largest collection of Latin Bibles in the world, consisting of 543 editions in 13G4 vol umes. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMT-BOOT cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Blnghamton. N. Y. THE emerald has long been regarded as a epoeifle for sore eyes. Indisputable. Why spend £1 for a bottle of medicine for a complaint when one box of Beecham's Pills, costing only 25 ct»., will cure nearly all known diseases? This is because constipation is tho cause of nearly all ailments, and Beeeham's Pills cure constipation. A valuable book of knowledge mailen free, on request, by B. P. Allen Co.. 3fts Canal Street. New York. To Cleaufte the System Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish,to per manently cure habitual constipation, to awak en the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity without irritating or weakening them, to dis pel headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of Figs. IK you want to be cured of a cough use Hale'e Honey of Horehound ami Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Pare in one minute Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken Internally, and acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces <>f the system. Write for tes timonials, free. Manufactured by P. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Dr. Iloxnle's Certain Croup Cure Saves the expense of a physician in severest cases of croup, bronchitis and congestive colds. A. P. Iloxsie, Buffalo. N. V.. M'f'r. Slilloh'* Cure Is sold on a guarantee. It cures Incipient Con sumption; it is the Best Cough Cure;nSe.,soc., $1 If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle Chronic Indigestion Kept mo In very poor health for five years, I began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla anil my digestion was helped by tho llrst throe doses. MOOd'S 1 parilla I have now taken over 112 % * -g four bottles and I firm- M U I ly believe it hns cured me, ami also saved my life. MRS. R. E. PHINCE, Bushvllle, N. Y. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable. DADWAY'S » PILLS, Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Cause Per fect Digestion, complete absorption and healthful regularity. For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, bladder, Nervous Diseases.' LOSS OF APPETITE, SICK HEADACHE, INDIGESTION, DIZZY FEELINGS, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, BILIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA, PERFECT DIGESTION will be accomplished by taking Kadway's Pills. By their ANTI-BILIOUS properties they stimulate tho llvor lu the secretion of the bilo and its discharge through tho biliary ducts. These pills in doses from two to four will quickly regulate the action of tho llvor and free tho patient from these disorders. One or two of Rad way's Pills, taken dally by those subject to blliou* pains and torpidity of the liver, will keep tho sys tem regular and secure healthy digestion, l'rlce, '2sc, per Box. Sold by all Druggitftci. liADWAY & CO., NEW YORK. HULMSrSrgSrrChewingSum V Cures and Prevent* Hneuuiuttsui, Indl* scion, .. A Dyspepsia, Heartburn, CatarrU and Aitnmu. A T Useful in Malaria and Fever*. Cleausos the t A Teeth and Promotes tho Appetite. Sweetens A T the Breath, Cures the Tobacco Habit. Endorse.! Y •• by the Medical Faculty. Send for ID, 13 or •• A cent package. 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Sent by mall on receipt of price. : 11b..fl 00. SCOTT'S BIJTHTERM, SCAB and SWEAT. Price SI.OO. Scott's Hoof Paste Co.* Rochester. N- V N N Y N U— 'l<l MR*. K ITT II KRA NZ, 23 years* experience in midwifery, takes ladles before and during confinement; skillful treatment; confidential. Infants adopted. Female complaints. Private la dles' Hospital, IH9 East 81 st Street, New York City. ■lnssßsaaziaJLi M Conanmptlvea and people |S H who have weak lungs or Asth K|| H ma. should use Plso'sCure for PQ H Consumption. It has enrctl KS H thoonADd*. ft has not injur- Rfl ■■ ed one. It Is not had to take. Htfl It is the bfcs'. cough syrup. ffS Bold everywhere. 35c. ™ HERBS FOR MEDICAL USE. OLD-FASHIONED FOLKS WHO TRUST TO SIMPLE REMEDIES. Plants Which lirlng Healing and Res toration to the Sick Without tho Doctor's Prescription; SEVERAL largo wholesale drug houses down town find it worth while to keep in stook a large assortment of herbs for medi cal use, and at least one sneh house, more than fifty years in existence, deals in such articlos alone. These houses supply druggists all over the East with the raw materials of which many standard medicines aro made, and with the traditional herbs, roots and barks of our grandmothers. The trade in these things even in this city is large, and thoy are sold wherever household remedies still have a place of honor. One of those wholesale houses issues a catalogue that is in some sort a rough guide to the art and mystery of herb doctoring. It is these remedies that are compounded by the so-called bo tanic druggists, or "botanists," as they are sometimes styled. Many of these remedies aro well-recognized medicines, unhesitatingly prescribed by physicians of scientific education, and some such physicians still cling to inherited formulas and traditional herbs. Nearly fivo hundred herbs, roots, seeds, flowers and barks are kept in stcck by the largest botanic druggists, and new remedies are still from time to time added to the list. The plants thus kept are not only those known to the pharmacopcea ns containing the active principles of standard drugs, nearly every familiar flower and plant, wild or cultivated. Not only the dan delion, May apple, boneset and pepsis eway of our grandmothers and the liquorice root, slippery elm and gin sing of tho orthodox materia medica must be kept on hand, but as well hun dreds of others known to those deeply read in the science of simples. Favorite flowers and famous plants take roles strangely unfamiliar to those unlearned in herbs and drugs. The bark of the tulip tree, according to the catalogue, cures hysterics and ; dyspepsia. Thistle tea "strengthens , the system and excites perspiration." Water lilies of one sort or another are good for pectoral complaints and scrofula. Watermelon seed is "ex- , cellent for dropsy," doubtless on the homoeopathic principle. The white willow is a substitute for Peruvian bark. The wild sunflower is set down as "invaluable iu bilious colic" and like complaints. Sweet clover is for 1 swellings. Tho strawberry, no longer : a table delicacy, furnishes in its leaves 1 a remedy for sore throat, and in its wandering stem a cure for jaundice 1 and fevers. Seven kinds of snake root ' furnish remedies for rheumatism, scrofula, hives, croup, fevers and 1 some complaints of the stomach. ' The Irish shamrock, losing its em- ' blematic significance, is used to ' make an infusion for scurvy. The 1 familiar skunk cabbage, earliest and most ill-smelling of blossoms, is good ' for hemorrhage of tho lungs, coughs and asthma. Rosemary and rue figure ' in this materia medica, the former not for remembrance as according to 1 Ophelia, but for nervous and hysteri- 1 cal affections. Ophelia's rue, called 1 •'herb of grace o' Sundays," lays the 1 unpoetic part of a cure for epilepsy, hysterics, hiccough and disorders of * the stomach. Galen, according to i the commentators of Shakespeare, 6 asoribed somewhat different curative * properties to rue. Ophelia's pansies, ' under the name of heart's ease, are 1 not "for thoughts," but are "excellent c for asthma, and good in colds and 1 fevers." 1 Many plants are enumerated as hav ing the properties of quinine in great er or less degree; there are several substitutes for opium and like doubles for other familiar drugs. The num ber of plants that cure rheumatism is marvelous, and there are more than two dozen remedies for incipient con sumption of tho lungs. Boxwood bark is "nearly equal to quinine." Cedar apples, which Walt Whitman discourses upon as cedar plums, are useful in a common complaint of chil dren, and cedar berries, the aromatic and slightly sweet little blue fruit of the cedar treo, are recommended in tincture or infusion for dropsy. Four parts of varieties of the dogwood aro enumerated as of medicinal value, and as many ferns are named. The male fern is a remedy for tapeworm, and the female fern is good for lumbago and coughs. All the old-fashioned flowers and several table vegetables find place in the list of remedies. The lady slip per is for the nerves, especially in hysteria, and the larkspur seed is for dropsy. Lettuce is for colics and coughs, and asparagus root for the kidneys. The blossom of the ox-eyed daisy is recommended for aathma, con sumption and dropsical complaints. Tho peony is for weak nerves and the rod roso is for "hassik hemorrhages and catarrhs." Most of the patent medioines are represented in the stock of the botanic druggist by their original elements. The makers of such remedies deal largely with tho wholesale houses, and so do the makers of drugs, tinc tures, ointments and embrocations. Forty or fifty herbs, plants and flow ers indigenous to California and Aus tralia are among the new additions to the stock of botanic druggists. There is an extensive importing business connected with the trade in medicinal herbs, and the druggists keep, asido from tho dried herbs in their natural state, a quantity of freshly powdered roots, herbs, barks and flowers, domestic and foreign. All these articles are sold by the pound or ounce, and reoeived by tho whole salers in bales, bags and boxes, great and small. There is a small army of men, women and children the world over gathering herbs, roots and plants for the botanic druggists, and there is much care and expense put upon the culture of such things. Prices vary from season to season, and quotations cannot long be depended upon. Many of these raw materials are expensive. Larkspur seed sells at $2 per ounce, and sassafras p'th, quaintly recom mended in an infusion of rosowaterfor sore eyes, fetches SI an ounce. Many of the herbs that goto make familiar patent lnedicinoH seem very cheap. TL<j bottuiio druggiuU keep also uauy extracts worth from 81 to $3.50 per pound, and scores of essential oils, as of nnise, of oatnip, of golden rod, of 1 horseradish, of rue, of sage, of cala mus, of parsley and of pennyroyal. The art of extracting those oils is part of the herb doctors' knowledge, and as well of the manufacturing drug gists'.—New York Sun. WISE WORDS. It is often a good thing that men do not practice what they preach. There aro some folks who always feel like speeding tho coming guost. A coat of arms is a good thing to trade on if you have no other capital. Many peoplo would bo more truth ful but for their uncontrollable desire to talk. Modern civilization has done more for machinery than it has done for morals. The more deeply a man thinks tho more entertainingly and cloarer he should write. The man with only one idea is much more dangerous that tho man without any idea at all. Every woman has an idea that it ought to be a pleasure for a man to work for money for her to spend. Let your ambition ever be to do all the good you can in order to make tho world every day wiser and better. Time is infinitely long, and each day is a vessol in which a groat doal may be poured if we actually fill it up. The best flatterer is the man or wo man who conceals defects without re sorting to positive and palpable false hood. There is nothing which marks more decidedly the character of men and of nations than tho manner in which they treat women. Leisure will always bo found by persons who know how to employ their time; those who want time are the people who do nothing. L:>ok upon tho bright side of your condition; then your discontents will disperse. Pore not over your losses, but recount your mercies. The man whose return from dinner you have to wait for before going to your own, never has poor health as the result of eating too rapidly. Mankind would be much happier were less time given to the borrowing of trouble and to the searching for things that one does not want to find. Made Him Raise the Fine. A man from Troy told this story tho other day to a small company of friends about a police justice in a little town in Rensselaer County: It was.the law of tho village that all showmen, itinerants and organ grind ers must get a license before doing business there. One day a fat police man, who had been on the force about six months without doing anything, ( concluded that it was time ho arrested j somebody. Soon afterward along came j an Italian with a performing bear. "Hev yez got yer license?" asked the policeman. "No," said the exhibitor of the bear. "Then yer my prisoners," said the policeman, and he triumphantly marched off with them to the village station house, he leading the Italian and the Italian leading the bear. Arraigned before the police justice the Italian pleaded guilty, and the judge officiously gave him a most severe and scorching lecture on the enormity of his offense, ending by fining him $lO, the full extent of the law. The culprit had a lot of small change in his pocket, but being mostly pennies and niokels it only counted up to $7.60. For a very few momenta the judge was in a quandary. He didn't like to send the fellow to jail, nor yet lose the $lO. Presently a bright idea struck him—a happy solu tion of the problem—and he said: "Here, officer! Take this fellow out to the market place and let him perform with his bear until ho makes up the balance, and whon he gets it drive him out of town."—Buffalo News. Subterranean Hoat. The following is a record of th» temperature of the earth at different depths, from 100 to 2100 feet, as taken at the great Foreman Shaft, Virginia City, Nov. The record was obtained by drilling holes out into the sides of the shaft and inserting a Negretti <fe Zambra slow-acting therinomoter into tho drill-hole and leaving it thore for not less than twelve hours: Depth. Temperature. Depth. Temperature. Feet. Degrees. Feat. Degrees. 200 55 H. 200 89 W 300 62 1,800 91)$ 400 60 1,400 96)£ 500 68 1,500 101 600 700 74% 1,700 104)$ 800 76)| 1,800 105W 900 78 1,900 106 1,000 81>£2,000 11l 1,103 84 |2,100 119)3 It will be seen from the above table that, although there is, upon the whole, a steady increase of tempera ture as depth is attained, the rate of increase is not uniform and regular. There is no way of telling why this is so, although it has been suggested that in the case where the temperature actually decreases two degrees in tho descent of a hundred feet (as was tha case between the 300 and 400 levels), the difference was due to the charac ter of the rock in which the recording instrument was inserted—one level being of limestone formation, the other of cold, black trap rock.—St. Louis Republio. Influence of Color on Diseases. Experiments have been tried with it view to ascertain if color has an effect on certain forms of disease. In mak ing this test, a number of small-pox patients were placed in a room to which only red light was admitted. The patients were for tho most part those suffering from unusually severe attacks, and about half of them being unvaccinated chililred. In spite of tho violont form of the malady, thoy all made spoedy and safo recoveries, with very little fever and but few soars. There has been bat little enthusiasm about colored glass since tho famous blue-glass excitement of some years ago. But that certainly did benefit certain cases, and at intervals ovor since there hive boon revivals of in terest in tiio subject. Now York Ledger. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO RENOVATE A FEATTTETt HET>. To renovate old feathers, pat tho bed out on tho grass in the rain and let it get good and wet. Then let it dry in the sun, but keep working it every little while, bo that tho damp feathers will get the benefit of tho heat. Do not leave tho bed in tho sun a moment after the feathers havo dried well, for the heat draws the oil out of the feathers and will make them smell strong.—Now York World. PEELING ONIONS. When preparing onions for cooking hold thom below tho surface of the water in a deep pan and your eyes will not bo affected, though you should pare and slice a largo qiiantity. This method is used in pickling establish ments, where bushels of them are put up daily ; but, remember, the hands, knife and onions must be kept under the water. It is a good plan to have two pans of water when tho onions aro to be sliced, so that they may be pared in one pan and then thrown into tko other one for slicing. Drain through a colander before cooking.—New York World. POINTS ABOUT MEAT. In selecting the meat in respect to cost, the lowor round averages from thirteen to fifteen cents a pound, while the upper cost from fifteen to twenty-five cents. If tho steak is wished for broiling, purchase the up per round, but for Hamburg steaks, bouillon, anything in which tne meat is to be chopped before using, the lower round will do as well at a muoh less cost. The aitch-bone costs from eight to ton cents a pound and makes a very good pot roast, whon treated properly, as tender and well flavored as the round. Tho middle cut of the shin is usually more a pound than tho rest of the leg, but that at five cents a pound makes as good soup stock as that at seven cents. In buying a roast of beef it is usually economy to get a good-sized one. The meat is better, and made-over dishes cost far less than a roast each day.—New York World. BEEF STEWED WITHOUT WATEH. Take three or four pounds of the found of beef. Put three slices of salt pork in a saucepan and as soon as it is crisp take it out and put one onion and half a small carrot cut fine. Stir all the while till brown. Then add one cup of canned tomatoes, two sprigs of parsley, a bay leaf, three or four cloves, a teaspoonful of sweet marjo ram, ono-half teaspoonful celery salt, salt and pepper. Putin the meat and cover tightly, and cook in a moderate oven five hours. When about half done turn tho meat. Tho cover must be perfectly air tight, and tho oven moderato. When done place the meat on a hot platter, strain the gravy; thicken with a little cornstarch wet up in cold water, add a tablespoonful of sauce, let it boil up a few minutes and pour around the meat. Any tough piece of beefsteak may be made very palatable, cooked according to the above directions.—Home and Farm. ro DUST A ROOM. Soft cloths make the best of dust« era. In dusting any piece of furni ture begin at the top and dust down, ■wiping carefully with the cloth, which can be frequently shaken. A good many poople seem to have no idea what dusting is intended to accom plish, and instead of wiping off and removing the dust, it is simply flirted off into the air and soon settles down upon the articles dusted again. If carefully taken up by the cloth it can be shakon off out of the window into the open air. If the furniture will permit the use of a damp cloth, that will more easily tako up the dust, and it can be washed out in a pail of soapsuds. It is far easier to save work by cov ering up nioe furniture while sweep ing than to clear the dust out, besides leaving the furniture looking far bet ter in the long run. The blessing of plainness in decoration is appreciated by tho thorough housekeeper who does her own work while dusting—New York Journal. RECIPES. /■ Steak Boast—Take a round of steak, pound, pepper and salt it well. Take dry bread orumbs, and make a dress ing of thom and spread over the top of the steak. 801l it up and tie it with a string, put it in a pan and roast forty minutes. Apple Tapioca Pudding—Soak a cup of pearl tapiooa in one pint of water for two hours; stir into it three quarters of a cup of white sugar, a cup of thin sweet cream, and half a teaspoonful of salt. Pare and quar ter eight large Greening apples, put them in a pudding dish, turn the tapioca over them, grate a little nut meg over the top and bake an hour and a quarter in a slow oven. Serve with whipped oream. Ohicken With Mushrooms —Have ready one pound of oold ohicken chopped fine and one-half pint of mushrooms cut in small pieces. Cover these with water and boil five min utes. Skim out tho mushrooms into a hot dish. There should bo left a coffee-cupful of liquid. If not enough add milk to the hot liquid. Thicken this with a tablespoonful of flour, same amount of butter and season. Three minutes boiling will thioken it. Add tho chicken and mushrooms and cook two minutes, stirring constantly. Serve on hot platter. Strawberry Cream Cake —Make a light sponge cake and bake in jelly tins. Soak a quarter of a box of gela tine in hulf a cup of cold water. Whip a pint of cream and put it in a granite pan, standing this inside of another containing cracked ice. Add to the cream half a cup of powdered sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla sugar. Stir the golatine over boiliug water un til it is dissolved, add it to the cream, and stir at once uutil it begins to thicken. When tho cakes are oold put a thick layer of this cream over each and stand strawberries thickly on; pile one on top of another and let tho top layer be cream and strawberries. This is not so costly a desert as it seems, as, being very rich, only a small quantity is required. One traiaeil roimtur in lielgium has crowuU 387 utuua in uu hour. nI»¥BMEM Tailor-made costumes arc an popular as ever. Pointed toes are Been on many of the ultra-fashionable shoes. The centre of tho throat is no longer an important point in dress. The common spinach is tho only plant that has emigrated from New Zealand. Three hundred is the averago num ber of gifts received by rich fin de siocle brides. Babies are cared for in a special room in tho new Congregational Churoh at Middleboro, Mass., while their parents attend the service. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris met Mrs. Cleveland tho other day, for tho first time, and enjoyed a chat and a lunch with the mistress of the White House. Turned down white linen collars are very fashionable for young ladies, par ticularly if they have cloar enough complexions to admit of tho severe plainness. Girls in Norway soli their long hair to itinerant dealers, who pay them in gaudy dress stuffs and paste jewelry. Those Norwogian tresses bring a big prioe in tho Paris and London mar kets. All sorts of ornaments are worn o 1 chatelaines, unique and antique onos being tho most chio. Old-fashioned scent bottles as well as old-fashioned seals are hung on the bit of gold cord called a chain. Women's suffrage is a success in Kansas. At Spring Hill and Morton ville they swept the town, and filled every municipal office with women. These towns now have mayoresses, alderwomen and judgesses. "Marriage dramas" are novel and picturesque entertainments invented by a Boston woman. In a series of tableaux tho various ways of perform ing tho marriage services in different ages and countrios aro illustrated. "Ouida" is fifty years old and dresses in the most outlandish manner. No color is too pronounced for her, and whether or not the color suits her complexion mattors little to her. She still refuses the friendship of Ameri cans. Rose Bonheur, upon whoso breast the Empress Eugenie personally fast ened the cross of the Legion of Honor in 1865, has just been promoted to tho grade of officer in that order, the first woman artist upon whom that distinc tion has been conferred. An elegant draped overdress is made with several oircular box pleats. It may be made of the same material of the dress, or of some other fabric in harmony with it. Each pleat may also be lined with silk or satin in tho same shade. The back is plain. A ladies' drum and fife band is a fact in London society. A party of charming girls meet at each other's houses and play and practice together under the guidance of a Drum Major from the Guards' regiment. The noisy musicians pronounce the scheme very diverting. Bluo and violet are the latest mix tures of colors for bridesmaids' cos tumes. The dresses are of sky-blue Bilk, and cream straw hats are trimmed with a profusion of violets and a cream white bow. The combination may ba new and distingue, but it is certainly irritating to look upon. Mrs. Humphry Ward says that bo fore she finished her first novel she was seized with writers' cramp and that every word of the novel had to be dictated to a shorthand writer. She has since recovered the use of her hand. Mrs. Ward often rewrites a page twenty times before she is satis fied with the result. The wedding dress of the unfortu nate Queen Marie Antoinette has lately been discovered in the anoient church of Kennweg, near Vienna. It has for many generations been the custom for Austrian brides to present their wedding dresses to a churoh for the adornment of an image of the Holy Virgin, or to be made into vest ments. For summer wear nothing looks prettier than a neat dimity dress. These dimities come this season mostly in tinted grounds, although white grounds will be extensively worn. Satin baby ribbon, narrow velvet rib bon and ruffles of fine tinted linen lawn edgod with narrow Valenciennes lace, are some of the material) em ployed as trimmings. Miss Helen Gould, eldest daughter of the late Jay Goukl, is not only ■amiable and charitable, she is also ex ceedingly pretty. Her eyes are large and gray-blue, her mouth has a charm ing expression, and her complexion is good. Sue wears her hair, whioh has an auburn tinge, combed baok from her forehead, without the snspioion of a bang. Her teeth are rather large, but dazzlingly white. Fourteen women, known as "The Gray Ladies of London," have dedi cated their lives to working among the poor of Blaokheath. The popula tion of this district amounts to over 70,000, and the Gray Ladies, so-called from the habit thoy wear, visit the sick and try to edncato the well. They have one day a week for rest, but with that exception devote themselves en tirely to the people arouud thorn. Miss Matt Crim, the young Georgia girl, whose short stories and character sketches have attracted much atten tion in tho leading magazines, is a thin, pale slip of a girl, with gray eyes and blondo hair, aud not at all to be suspected of evolving such power ful and passionate churaoters even in her imagination. She has passed several winters in Now York, and this season has been made much of in Washington literary circles. On tho day of her rocent marriage to Truxton Brule, late Minister to Persia, Miss Harriet lilaine sent to the State Department at Washington two magnitloent bouquets, with the request that one should bo j:laced upon the desk onr*e useil by hor father, the other on the desk used by her brother, Walker Hlaine. On the pre ceding day she hud placed with her own hands a profusion of beautiful flowers on her lather's grave. Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake? It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest of all the baking powders. The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow der makes the lightest food. That baking powder which is both purest and strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome food. Why should not every housekeeper avail herself of the baking powder which will give her the best food with the least trouble ? Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal, as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome. Certain protection from alum baking powders can be had by declining to accept any substitute for the Royal, which is absolutely pure. Flowers Affect the Singer's Throat. In one of the Parisian journals a long discussion has been going on with re gard to the effect, injurious or other wise, that llowers have upon a singer's throat. The consensus of opinion among the opera singers seems to be that certain flowers, notably tuberoses and mimosa, are particularly danger ous. Mine. Christine Nilsson, in her let ter on this subject, mentions the case of a celebrated woman singer with whom she was appearing in concert some years ago. As they stood in the wings waiting for the first number on the programme to be announced, a friend sent a huge wreath to the singer, which was made of tuberoses. Tho singer buried her nose in the flowers for a moment, and three minutes later when she went upon tho stage to sing she found that she could not raise a note. The vocal chord had been tem porarily paralyzed. A doctor was called, the flowers were thrown out of a window and the singer, after her throat had been treated, was ablo to sing later in the evening. Mile. Em ma Calve in this articlo also upholds Mme. Nilsson's opinion. "The only flowers that I ever admit into my living apartments," writes Calve, "'are roses and violets. The tuberoso is my particular abhorrence, not alone because it suggests death, but on account of its injurious effect on the voice. Upon entering a room where lilies are I always have an ir resistible desire to throw the windows open. They always irritate my throat. In my mind there is no doubt about all flowers being injurious to tho throat except roses. Personally 1 can also exempt the violet, but other sing ers havo told me that it had an in jurious effect upon their vocal chords. " —New York Sun. There are said to be large tracts of country in Cuba still unexplored. BEECHAM'S PILLS (Vegetable) What They Are For Biliousness indigestion sallow skin dyspepsia bad taste in llic mouth pimples sick headache foul breath torpid liver bilious headache loss of appetite depression of spirits when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. One of the most important things for everybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick ness in the world; and it can all be prevented. Go by the book. Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New York, for the little book 011 CONSTIPATION (its causes con sequences and correction); sent free. If you arc not within reach of a druggist, the pills will be sent by mail, 25 cents. \ 1 niin I Diamond Cycles 'i IBlfrl I ARE THE BEST MADE. 4 1 ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ AM. THE LATEST IJIPItOVIiMKNTS. > " ■■ U ■■■■■■ IIIUH IJKAUK IS KVEItV KESI'KCT. 112 i THE TOURIST'S FAVORITE. 112 > WHAT A \ W " Y: | is mm t t IT If il OFTHEACE - i CAI.I. CAI.I. A!»l> *EE IT. J ' JcTraffeT? i Srnit lor our Kpoclnl lliirirntn l.lm of neroniMiimif nu<l «tto|t-ivort« WhfcU. |) I* \W have un( junl MHHI you want. (ATA MM* I'KS KttKK TO AM.. AUEN'TS WANTKI*. i) Ul OU no Anc DIPVPI C CflD <DAI 7R nv *' havo * Umliotl iiu rubor of our pu*i Msiwon'B whwl* HIliM UnAUt OIUTuLI run /3 .»f irui.Ur t make auri ht«h jcr;utr quality. whh-h wo 11 ftr*» closing out at the above low prloe. A raiv ciane» to get « rtr<c-clav» durable wheel at A i».ir- \ gain. They Are full also gentii' wheel*. ball bearln* an t Att>» I with pneumatic ilr.-*. Sen-1 $. to A KU'tr.tntec exproM charge*, an<t we will whip C. O. D. $H.75, with the privilege of cxuninatlou, if y denlreU. Apply to our agent* or direct to u*. A OUtt HI'OKTINH UOOI>H I.INK IN I NKM KI.I.Kh. 112 Houd t«'ti ceo In (th«> actual font of mailing) In *tamp4 or money for largo lllubtmtc 1 four buit- m dred puge cataloKue, containing All kinds of H|»ortlui; and hundrr<U of other «u-ticlc*. ▼ ( JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO., { 112 131 Brand HI. Hnd I4T WnohiitKlon Ml., IIUMTON. 112 "Don't Put Off Till To-morrow the Du ties of To-day." Buy a Cake of SAPOLIO Roll Your Umbrella. "If half tho citizens of the world, said a young woman who works on umbrella covers, "only knew such a simple thing as how to roll up an umbrella, most of the umbrellas brought to dealers to bo mended would never have needed repairs. "The right way to roll your um brella is to take hold of the ends of the ribs and the stick with the same hand and hold them tightly enough to prevent their being twisted while the covering is being twirled around with the other hand. Then your um brella will be as nicely closed as when you bought it, and the only wear and tear will be on the cloth. "It is twisting the ribs out of shape around the stick and fastening them there that spoils most of the um brellas. Never hold the umbrella by the handle alone when you roll it up and you will find it will last longer and cost less for repairs."—Phila delphia Times. THROW IT AWAY. There'* no loof ■Q cr any need of / wearing clumsy. V* chafing Trusses which give only partial relief Mji&tfff at best, never cure, but often Inflict great injury, inducing JEHk inflammation, strangulation MKT SI and death. J HERNIA SSSttS Wr • matter of bow long standing'. • or of what aize, is promptly and permanently cured without the knifo and without pain. Another Triumph in Conservative Surgery Is the euro, of TTTVrnTJQ Ovarian, Fibroid and other 1 U JViUIVO, varieties, without the perils Of cutting operations. PILE TUMORS, SrinJXi diseases of tho lower bowel, promptly cured without pain or resort to tho koife. Cl'PnwT? * n the Bladder, no matter how D 1 V/li £i large. Is crushed, pulverized* and washed out, thus avoiding cutting. Q'PDTPnHTT'D'i? o' urinary passage If D 1 111 V 1 U IvHj also removed without cutting. Abundant References, and Pamph lets, on above diseases, sont sealed, in plain en velope, 10 cts. (stamps). WORLD'S DISPUU BABY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Buffalo, N. Y.
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